Powering unforgettable outdoor experiences across Auckland with professional-grade audio, robust covered stages, and dynamic lighting.
Your Partner for Outdoor Event Success
Planning an outdoor event, festival, or concert comes with unique challenges, from ensuring crystal-clear audio across open spaces to providing reliable shelter and striking visuals. At The Rock Factory Limited, we specialize in delivering competitive and complete turnkey packages designed to meet these demands. We take the stress out of event production, ensuring your outdoor gathering sounds and looks spectacular, leaving you free to focus on your audience.
We offer professional event production solutions for a diverse range of outdoor events, including:
- Small to medium festival productions, and multi-stage setups.
- Concerts in parks (e.g., Music in Parks, World of Culture, Parnell Festival of Roses).
- Cultural days, School Fairs, A & P shows, food and wine festivals, and sports days.
- Any outdoor community event requiring reliable sound, stage, or lighting.


Photo captions: Our SL75 Trailer stage and sound system at Waitangi Day Festival in Auckland’s Pt England 2024, and our springtop stage setup outside the Aotea Centre for the Korean Duruje Festival in 2013.
Our Outdoor Stage & Covered Stage Structures
Our robust outdoor stages provide a professional platform for any performance or presentation, ensuring your artists and speakers are seen and heard. Each stage option comes with a durable marquee or stretch tent cover, protecting your talent and equipment from the elements. Our stages are constructed with safety and stability in mind, offering various size covered stages; stage configurations to suit your event’s scale and aesthetic.
- Mobile Trailer Stage – SL75 Covered Outdoor Event Stage:
- Size: standard sizer is 6m by 5m. Extendable to 6m by 6m, 8m by 5m or 8m by 6m.
- Ideal for: Outdoor Music Festivals, Music in Parks, and Any Event where you want a concert look on a relatively small footprint.
- Pricing: Price on Application (POA)
- Link: Portable Stage Hire | Stageline SL75 Mobile Stage Hire | Trailer Stage Rental Auckland, NZ
- Extra Large Covered Stage Hire:
- Size: 10m x 6m stage with a 12m x 9m stretch tent.
- Ideal for: Cultural Festival stages, Christmas concerts, outdoor festivals, large concerts, and main stages.
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Large Covered Stage Rental Package – Stretch Tent Covered Stage Hire
- Large Covered Outdoor Event Stage (Medium Springtop Extended wider):
- Size: 7m x 6m or 8m x 6m at 90cm height, covered with a 6m x 6m marquee (centred on the stage)
- Note: Includes two optional extra pieces as wings for the sound system at no additional cost.
- Ideal for: Medium to large outdoor festivals, community events, or concert stages.
- Pricing: POA
- Large Covered Outdoor Community Event Stage:
- Size: 8m by 4m or 8m by 5m with 8m by 4m marquee cover.
- Note: This option features a central pole at the front, meaning the lead performer would stand slightly off-centre.
- Ideal for: Community Events, cultural festivals, fair stages, and music in parks.
- Medium “Sprintop” Outdoor Event Stage:
- Size: 6m x 6m at 90cm height, covered with a 6m x 6m marquee, OR 8m x 4m stage with an 8m x 4m cover.
- Ideal for: Large community fairs, school productions, band performances in parks.
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Medium Covered Stage Hire Package – Versatile and Professional Staging Solutions
- Medium Outdoor Event Stage:
- Size: 6m x 4m at 90cm height, covered with a 6m x 4m marquee.
- Ideal for: Medium-sized bands, presentations, and cultural performances.
- Pricing: POA
- Medium Pole Outdoor Event Stage:
- Size: 6m x 3m at 90cm height, covered with a 6m x 3m marquee.
- Note: This option features a central pole at the front, meaning the lead performer would stand slightly off-centre.
- Ideal for: Budget-conscious medium events, acoustic acts.
- Pricing: POA
- Small Outdoor Event Stage:
- Size: 5m x 3m at 50cm height, covered with a 4.5m x 3m marquee.
- Ideal for: Small bands, solo artists, DJ sets, speaking events.
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Compact Covered Stage Hire – Ideal for Intimate Gigs and Events
- Mini Outdoor Event Stage:
- Size: 3m x 3m at 50cm height, covered with a 3m x 3m marquee.
- Ideal for: Acoustic sets, small speaking engagements, DJ booths.
- Pricing: POA
- Customised stages:
- Size: We can build stages of various sizes, customised to your requirements. If no cover is required or you already have an existing cover, such as the large outdoor covered areas in most schools these days.
- Ideal for: If you need an extension to an existing stage or a custom stage that fits in a specific location, we can measure and make an event stage that works for you.
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Hire Custom Stages, Build Stage Extensions

Photo Caption: A wide shot of a covered stage in an outdoor setting. Onepoto School Cultural Day.
Outdoor Sound System Packages: Music Festival Production & PA Hire
Our outdoor event sound systems are designed for maximum impact and coverage in outdoor environments, ensuring every word and note reaches your audience with clarity.
- For Over 2000 People:
- Package: Full or Large Line Array System.
- Details: Please contact us for custom solutions, including hanging line arrays, delay speakers, or additional delayed stacks.
- Pricing: Price on Application (POA)
- Link: Line Array Concert PA Package | Concert Speakers for Hire Auckland
- Featured Equipment: This scale may involve multiple Line array tops speakers and dBTechnologies DVA S30N Dual 18″ Subwoofers for powerful, extended coverage.
- For 1000 to 2000 People:
- Package: Line Array System (48-channel mixing desk).
- Inclusions: Big band setup (up to 8 monitors), comprehensive microphone kit (including many different types of microphones for hire), 6 DI boxes, stands, cables.
- Technicians: Minimum 3 people required (delivered, setup, sound check, packed down, removed).
- Pricing: Price on Application (POA)
- For 800 to 1600 People:
- Package: Double Medium or Medium Plus System (32 channel mixing desk).
- Inclusions: Big band setup (up to 6 monitors), full microphone kit, 4 DI boxes, stands, cables.
- Technicians: Minimum 2 people required (delivered, setup, packed down, removed).
- Pricing: POA
- For Up to 1000 People:
- Package: Basic Line Array Sound System Plus OR Double Standard Plus (32 channel mixer).
- Inclusions: Up to 6 monitors, full mic-up rig for larger bands, 32-channel snake, customised microphone kit.
- Technicians: Two technicians onsite (delivered, setup, packed down, removed).
- Pricing: POA
- For Up to 1000 People (Alternative):
- Package: Standard Line Array Sound System OR Double Standard (16 channel mixer).
- Inclusions: Rock or standard indie setup (up to 4 monitors), full mic-up rig, customised microphone kit.
- Technicians: Two technicians onsite (delivered, setup, packed down, removed).
- Pricing: POA
- For 300 to 800 People:
- Package: Medium Concert Sound System (24-channel desk).
- Inclusions: Full microphone kit, stands and cables, 4-5 monitors/foldbacks, 24-channel snake.
- Technicians: Two technicians onsite (delivered, setup, packed down, removed).
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Medium Hire PA Packages
- For Up to 300 People:
- Package: Standard Concert System (16-channel mixing desk).
- Inclusions: Standard mic kit, 2 DI boxes, stands, cables, 3-4 monitors/foldbacks, 16-channel snake.
- Technicians: 1 technician stays onsite; 2 people deliver, setup, pack down and remove.
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Rent Standard PA Package
- For Up to 150 People:
- Package: Basic Sound System (8 or 12 channel desk).
- Inclusions: Up to 2 monitors, 6 microphones, 2 DI boxes, stands, cables.
- Technicians: A technician to run it – delivered, setup, and removed.
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Basic PA Hire Packages
- For Up to 100 People (Vocal PA):
- Package: Vocal PA System with small mixing desk.
- Ideal for: Speech or acoustic artists.
- Inclusions: Delivered and setup on site, removed at the end.
- Additional: Technician to run (additional charge).
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Vocal PA Hire Packages

Photo Caption: A photo of our PA system (a line array / large speaker setup) set up in an outdoor venue (AUT outside Vesbar in the square), for a reorientation or university orientation outdoor concert event.
Full Production Combos & Essential Add-ons
Get the best of both worlds with our integrated stage and sound system packages, forming a complete festival production solution. We also offer a range of essential add-ons to customise your event.
- Backline Add-on:
- Inclusions: A full set of standard band backline (2 guitar amps, bass rig, and drum kit).
- Service: Provided with setup.
- Pricing: POA
- Link: Backline & Instrument Hire
- DJ Gear Add-on:
- Inclusions: A 3-piece set of DJ Gear – either 2 CDJs and a DJM900 OR 2 Technics Turntables and a DJM800. A DJ booth table can be provided FREE with this package.
- Pricing: POA
- Optional: Add additional pieces of DJ gear (CDJs, DJ mixers, or Technics Turntables) – POA.
- Link: Hire DJ Turntables, CDJs and Mixers
- Wireless Microphones:
- Pricing: POA per wireless microphone required for MCs or performers to go through the sound system.
- Link: Hire Wireless Systems
- Featured Equipment: We often use our reliable Sennheiser EW-D wireless systems or Shure QLXD or SLXD Wireless Systems for crystal-clear transmission.
- Flexible Control Options: Enhance your mixing experience with our iPad & Wi-Fi router hire, perfect for controlling digital mixers like the Allen & Heath SQ6 or the Midas M32 from anywhere in the venue.
- Link: Hire Mixing Desks
- Enhance Your Bass: Add an 18-inch subwoofer (such as the dBTechnologies DVA S30N) or additional speakers for spread, foldbacks, or monitors for the artist.
Photo Suggestion: A dynamic shot of a stage at night with lighting effects, or a close-up of a well-set-up DJ booth with your equipment.
Important Notes & Logistics | Cost to hire equipment for festivals; Outdoor Event Packages – Sound + Covered Stage Hire
We aim for transparency in our pricing and services for your outdoor event production:
- Event Duration: The listed prices are for events with 3 hours of live music.
- Labour Hours: Additional technical labour hours over and above 7 hours (including delivery, setup, sound check, pack down, and removal) are charged on a per-hour basis.
- For a Medium stage with a Medium Sound System, allow approximately 3 hours for setup and 2 hours for packdown.
- For a Large Wide Stage with a Medium Sound System, allow approximately 3.5 hours for setup and 2.5 hours for packdown.
- Auckland CBD Radius: These stage and sound system outdoor event package delivered prices, and cost to hire equipment for festivals & concerts, are only valid for locations within 25km of Auckland CBD. If your festival production is outside this area, then travel is an additional per-KM charge AND a Driver per-hour charge, as well as per-hour charges for any additional persons required for labour.
- Package Validity: Prices for sound gear, DJ gear, and backline add-ons are only valid when ordered in conjunction with our Covered Stage Hire.
- Custom Solutions: We can build custom stages and have various size-covered stages. If what you are looking for is not listed, please ask us for a personalised quote.
Contact Us for Your Outdoor Event Quote!
Ready to get a precise cost to hire equipment for festivals or plan your next outdoor event? Contact The Rock Factory Limited today for a custom quote tailored to your specific needs. Our expert team is here to help you bring your vision to life with professional audio, stage, and lighting solutions.
- Call Us: +64 21 358 577
- Email Us: admin@therockfactory.net
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